Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009533

This $337,960 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program award, issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (CFDA 81.128), is designed to assist the City of Pittsburgh in implementing strategies to reduce energy use, reduce fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency. The funding will enable the city to conduct energy audits, perform building retrofits, develop comprehensive energy efficiency plans, and install renewable energy technologies across municipal and county...

This federal Project Grant award of $539,500 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund the expansion and enhancement of air monitoring activities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The key products and services to be delivered include procuring and installing new air measurement instrumentation, calibrators, and zero air sources...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded a $149,336 Cooperative Agreement to the Pittsburgh Conservation Corps under the Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants program (CFDA 66.808). The project aims to implement an integrated model for biomass management and workforce development, diverting 625 tons of urban wood waste annually to produce 150,000 board feet of merchantable lumber in the first year. The project will establish a sawmill to process fallen trees into...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $1 million Project Grant to Pghq2, LLC under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to support the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative Coalition's proposal to promote economic development in the Greater Pittsburgh region. The Coalition will leverage the region's strengths in robotics and artificial intelligence to grow family-sustaining jobs and economic opportunity across counties by...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) provides $2,100,490 to the University of Pittsburgh for a project entitled "Hybrid Distributed pH, CO2, Temperature, and Acoustic Sensing for Monitoring and Verification of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Applications." The project aims to develop advanced ocean monitoring technologies, including specialized buoys, sensors, and data platforms, to...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded a $200,945 Project Grant to the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) - Air Quality Division under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The grant will fund technical support for monitoring and analysis of criteria and hazardous air pollutants, training for laboratory personnel to increase in-house analysis capacity, and...

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $999,949 Cooperative Agreement to Metropolitan Energy Center, Inc. (MEC) on June 1, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The objective of this 2-year project is to provide Clean Cities outreach, education, and coalition capacity building, with a focus on environmental justice communities and disadvantaged communities (DACs) in the Midwest region. MEC, a non-profit...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Northside Industrial Development Company, doing business as Riverside Center For Innovation, under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). This funding will support the recipient in conducting eligible brownfield assessment, cleanup planning, and community involvement activities in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania....

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), aims to train and connect 20 Clean Cities Coalitions on topics related to school bus fleet electrification. These coalitions will then educate and support at least 3-5 school districts each as they electrify their school bus fleets, with a focus on underserved communities. The project is...

This $999,730 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818) will fund brownfield remediation activities in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Specifically, the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, a non-profit organization and community development corporation, will conduct environmental site assessments, cleanup planning, and...